by Jonathan | Feb 18, 2025 | Politics
Image AI Generated The WSJ is out with an article on Feb 17, 2025, that a focus group they are tracking already has some Trump voters showing regret. One voter: “Now I’m like: ‘Dang, why didn’t I just pick Kamala?’” And another: Anderson, who works with disabled...
by Jonathan | Feb 13, 2025 | Politics
There was never any validity to the claim that Trump “knew nothing,” about it. What and how much, I don’t know. But the authors were intentionally picked from his orbit and previous administration. This was no secret at the time that Trump was denying it. I’m...
by Jonathan | Feb 9, 2025 | Politics
Reading the news you might think shuttering USAID and science funding will do something useful towards balancing the budget. It won’t. COMBINED these two represent about 1.5% of the US budget, about $140bn dollars. They are the yellow boxes in the first graph...
by Jonathan | Dec 20, 2024 | Short Takes
It’s amazing that Musk has played a larger role in the debt ceiling/CR than the actual president, who seems like he’s just given up. Joe Biden may still occupy the Oval Office, but it’s clearer than ever that he’s no longer in charge of Washington. More than a...
by Jonathan | Nov 25, 2024 | Short Takes
Interesting to see TN and TX increasing female lawmakers in the southeast. Seeing the current ratio would be more informative. From Axios.